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President can learn a lot from Moi's tree planting campaign

Retired President Daniel arap Moi leads Baringo residents in building gabions on October 10, 1997. [File, Standard]

President William Ruto and his Cabinet will forego one-month salary to stand with those affected by drought.

This is a very noble gesture that ought to be supported by all Kenyans. The one-month salary the Cabinet will forgo is about Sh22 million. If you compare this to their total worth of Sh15. 4 billion that the CSs declared during their vetting, there is reason to believe the government is not doing much to fight drought.

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